Quote of the day
I would sum up my fear about the future in one word: boring. And that's my one fear: that everything has happened; nothing exciting or new or interesting is ever going to happen again … the future is just going to be a vast, conforming suburb of the soul.
Yvonne Vera

Born: September 19, 1964
Died: April 7, 2005 (aged 40)
Bio: Yvonne Vera was an award-winning author from Zimbabwe. Her novels are known for their poetic prose, difficult subject-matter, and their strong women characters, and are firmly rooted in Zimbabwe's difficult past.
Known for:
- Butterfly Burning (1998)
- The Stone Virgins (2002)
- Without a name (1994)
- Why don't you carve other animals (1992)
- Opening Spaces (1999)







